{"product_id":"1868-paroissien-romain-with-cross-and-keys-motif-amp-silver-clasp-dijon","title":"1868 Paroissien Romain with Cross-and-Keys Motif and Silver Clasp (Dijon)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eMid-19th-century French Catholic Paroissien Romain bound in black pebbled leather with blind-stamped decorative bands incorporating cross and key motifs, symbolically referencing the authority of the Church and the Keys of St. Peter. The spine is similarly tooled and titled Paroissien Romain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book retains its original silver-toned metal clasp and hinge hardware, each clasp ornamented with a cross-and-keys device; both clasps remain intact and functional. Page edges are gilt, now richly mellowed with age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe interior opens to an engraved devotional frontispiece, followed by the printed title page reading:\u003cbr\u003ePAROISSIEN ROMAIN…\u003cbr\u003eDijon — Antoine Maitre, Éditeur — 1868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText is printed in French and Latin and includes the Offices of Sundays and Feast Days, the Proper and Common of Saints, the Stations of the Cross, and a Tableau des Fêtes mobiles. An organically preserved pressed fern is present between the pages, likely placed by a former owner as a personal devotional or remembrance marker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48129217954047,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/8780\/4927\/files\/6c5b2e9b-357c-453b-860b-1b0acf848ccc.png?v=1769956786","url":"https:\/\/forthelouvreofantiques.com\/products\/1868-paroissien-romain-with-cross-and-keys-motif-amp-silver-clasp-dijon","provider":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}